St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-15
FLOUR CITY COUNCIL.
What the Council Did Besides Hammer
iny the Tribune.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.
Aid. Dwyer Gains Another Victory
Another Grudge Squabble---The
~ West Investigation.

The city council at its adjourned meet
ing yesterday besides metapOrically
Wlplng up the floor with the remains OF
the Tribune, passed upon number of
committee reports and transacted other
routine business. There was another
monkey and parrot time over the grade
on Second street southeast, from Cen
tral avenue to the Exposition building.
AID. T.. Nj. johnson moved to suspend
the rules and give an ordinance which
provides for the lowering of the grade
three feet in front of Cataract engine
house, its first reading. Aid. Morse
wanted the ordinance referred back to
the special committee and the commit
tee on fire department. Aid. Stott
moved to substitute the original or
dinance. which leaves the grade as it is
now, and Aid. Morse withdrew his mo
ton and seconded the substitute. There
was an animated debate between Aids.
Morse and Johnson as to whether a
change of grade would neceSsitate the
lowering of the engine house. Finally
President Mareek put an end to the dis
cussiOn by ruling that the ordinance
should go over under rule and the mat
ter was dismissed with the piOus ejacu-
latiOn from Aid. johnson, 80, - the
hose house,
Aid. Cole submitted the following re-
port concerning the investigation of the
charges against eX-Supt. John West, of
the wOrkhouSe. signed by himself and
Aid. Reeve: I'VE recommend that
John West, eX-Supcrintendent of the
city workhOuse. be honOrably acquitted,
IT being the opinion of your committee
that there are no reasonable grounds for
such charges"
Aid. L'Herault was on his feet in an
instant. The report, he said, was un-
fair and unjust to the committee and
the community. 1t had been agreed
amining evidence. He had evidence in
his possession which Aid. Cole and
Reeves had never taken the trouble to
look at,
''It is admitted by Supt West himslef,'' he
went on to say, that he tore the page out of
the cash book
President Mareck-Yo!. out of order; we
cant discuss the evidence here.
Aid. l. Herauit-l move to refer the matter
back to the committee.
Aid. Cole--Ill agree if the committee will
report at the next meeting of the council, ,and
the chairman of the committee attends its
meetings.
Aid. L'lIerault's motion to refer pre-
vailed, and he called a meeting of the
committee for Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The majority report of the commit
tee OH roads and bridges, confirming the
report of the commissioners in the eX-
tension of Broadway, from Main street
northeast to the Twentieth avenue
north bridge, was in favor of confirming
of % ie,ci<> III.
the aldermen from the First and Ninth
wards, who met Jointly with the COM
mlttee, reported against the extension.
Aid. HanScOm wanted the matter re-
ferred back again for further cOnsidera-
tiOn. He said he did not object to the
opening of Broadway. but he did not
desire to see injustice done any prop
erty owners. Aid. Mills asked why he
was not present at the committee meet
ing, and Aid. HanScOm retOrted that he
had never been officially notified. The
matter was finally referred to the alder
men from the First and Ninth wards
and the city attorney. A meeting was
called for Monday at $50 p. m., and all
parties interested are asked to be pres
ent.
Aid Cloutier offered a resolution
calling for an investigation of the charge
that b. l.. Sykes. who has been EN-
plOyed as foreman OF the sewers in
East Minneapolis, has been speculating
i'll sand belonging to the city, and the
matter was referred to the committee Oh
sewers.
Aid. Dwyer earned another victory
for the day S, work system. When Aid.
Cooley moved to reconsider the action
of the council in ordering that the grad
ing of Hennepin avenue, between Thir-
tieth and Thirty-fouTth streets, should
be done by the days work, Aid. Dwyer
raised the objection that the alderman
had given notice that he should recon-
slider at the peXt meeting of the council.
This being SIMPLY an adjourned meet
ing, he could not move to reconsider.
The point was sustained, and Aid.
Cooley, rather than submit to the de-
lay, withdrew his motion, and offered
resolution that the work should be done
by the day instead of by contract.
The Camden park matter was amica-
bly, adjusted. and an ordinance recon-
mended by the city attorney was passed.
Near the close of the meeting Aid.
Gibson asked to have his vote recorded
on the Tribune resolution insulting
President Cleveland and wife. The
qualification was denied him. and Aid.
E. NJ. Johnson put in, "I'd like to have
my vote recorded, too. I've an idea
we'd offset each other"